From the park to the roofline
A grey squirrel is just as at home in tree canopies or along a fence as on the ground, and mature trees close to a house often provide an overhanging branch that bridges straight to the roof, much as it does near Wallington, where leafy commuter streets of semi-detached houses close to the station. A weak spot at the eaves is all that's needed from there, as anyone near Belmont will recognise, where quiet residential streets of semis and bungalows near the racecourse.
Carshalton Park and Nonsuch Park's tree cover
The streets bordering Carshalton Park, and those near Nonsuch Park towards Worcester Park, sit among some of the borough's most established trees, and older semis here often already have the small gaps at fascia or ridge that a squirrel needs to get in.
Confirming it's a squirrel
When it happens tends to be the most reliable clue, as anyone near Worcester Park will recognise, where interwar semis and later housing straddling the border with Kingston. Since squirrels keep daytime hours, overhead running and thumping around first light and late afternoon points to them, while overnight noise usually means rats or mice, whether that's near Carshalton, where a mix of Victorian houses near the ponds and interwar semis further out, or elsewhere in the borough.
Checking for damage
A torch from the hatch, without climbing in fully, should reveal flattened or shredded insulation, gnawed timber and droppings by the water tank, much as it does near Cheam, where comfortable 1930s suburban semis on quiet streets close to the old village. The most serious sign is chewed cable, since it exposes live wiring and creates a fire risk; don't touch it, and have it checked by an electrician, as anyone near Carshalton will recognise, where a mix of Victorian houses near the ponds and interwar semis further out.
What not to do
- Block the entry hole while squirrels may still be inside - they will chew a new way out
- Put down poison in the loft
- Catch a squirrel and release it elsewhere, which is against the law once caught
Booking squirrel control in Sutton
Our squirrel trapping service in Sutton is £280, and since around Cheam, where comfortable 1930s suburban semis on quiet streets close to the old village, it helps to say when you book squirrel control whether the sounds are by day or night and whether trees overhang the roof, with more on the Sutton squirrel control page.
